In 1996, Jeter started the Turn 2 Foundation, a charitable organization which helps children and teenagers avoid drug and alcohol addiction, and rewards those who show high academic achievement and stay out of trouble.

Chenoweth is writer-in-residence at the Education Trust, a national nonprofit advocacy organization that promotes high academic achievement for students at all levels, particularly for students of color and low-income students.

The district has generated fairly strong academic achievement and other student outcomes under her leadership, with above-average growth in students' math and reading scores and a graduation rate above the state average.

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Origin and Etymology of academic

borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French achademique, academique, borrowed from Latin Acadēmicus "of the school of Plato," borrowed from Greek Akadēmeikós, Akadēmaikós, from Akadḗmeia, a place where Plato taught + -ikos1-ic — more at academy

Examples of academic in a Sentence

The book appeals to academics and to the general public.

He only cares about sports. He has no interest in academics.

Recent Examples of academic from the Web

Taggart was a great recruiter in the state of Florida, wanted to build a culture centered on football and academics that was different from the previous regime and worked with people Wilcox knew from his journey to becoming FSU’s athletics director.

Members of the Gupta family, who are Zuma’s friends and in business with his son Duduzane, have been implicated in alleged looting of billions of rand from the utility in reports by the nation’s graft ombudsman and a group of top academics.

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Origin and Etymology of academic

borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French academique, borrowed from Latin Acadēmicus, noun derivative of Acadēmicus, adjective — more at 1academic